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OS/Version|Windows XP |All
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Ok, I can understand the reason why this option was added, but I think it is
problematic to have it enabled by default. To me, the fact that OO decides to
display only two decimals (by default) has more to do with visual formatting
than with the actual underlying data. If you look at how the data is saved in
opendocument format there is also a clear distinction between formatting and the
actual underlying data. If an ods file would loose all decimals by default upon
saving there would be a riot...
If I consider the case where I open a csv file with a data matrix of 10x40,000
and I edit two cells and then save the data, I expect only the two cells that I
edited to have changed, not to have lost all the precision in the rest of the
data as well. This just doesn't make sense, especially since there is no warning
whatsoever that this is going to happen. Two cells changed should mean only two
changes in the file, not the added 'bonus' of having all other data modified.
To be honest, I just don't see much advantage of saving the data 'as shown',
because even if I save high-precision data and re-open it again in openoffice,
it will again show the data formatted the same as before (there is consistency
for the user when re-opening the same file, regardless of precision). So this
feature only affects how the data looks when you open it in another application.
In that respect, stripping all precision data by default just seems like a very
bad idea.
Based on the above, I'd really like to see this issue reopened
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